BANGKOK--American companies are still importing teak from Myanmar despite sanctions imposed after the military seized power last year, a report based on trade data said Tuesday. Teak is one of the ...

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In Bagan, the ancient art of lacquerware is alive and well. Skilled artisans paint layer upon layer of lacquer (tree sap) ...

Commenting on the convictions, Indian Forest Service officer Parveen Kaswan, the in-charge of Jaldapara National Park, said ...

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The tree in question is teak. Teak trees (Tectona grandis) are deciduous hardwood trees native to tropical South and Southeast Asia, with the largest forest concentrations in Myanmar. In the past ...

Smuggled wood is transported by a land route through the Northeast states to Myanmar and by sea route to Singapore and ... It is not of universal nature like teak. We will continue to pursue it as our ...

Myanmar’s ruling junta has suppressed information about a severe food crisis gripping the country by pressuring researchers not to collect data about hunger and aid workers not to publish it, a ...

Myanmar civil war: In a significant development in the Myanmar civil war, which has been raging since 2021, the military junta has suffered a major defeat at the hands of rebel fighters of the ...